Gold and other precious-metals funds drew $4.21 billion in net inflows in the week ended August 26, 2026, their largest weekly haul in six months, while global equity funds posted their first weekly outflow since May. The divergence broke a 13-week streak of equity-fund inflows, even as technology funds received $3.2 billion in net inflows.
Gold and other precious-metals funds pulled in $4.21 billion in net inflows in the week ended August 26, 2026, their strongest weekly total in six months, according to LSEG Lipper data reported by Reuters via Investing.com. The same week, global equity funds recorded $5.87 billion in net outflows, the category's first weekly withdrawal since May 20 and the end of a 13-week inflow streak. Because the figures cover different fund categories, the data does not show that money leaving equities was reallocated directly into precious metals.
$4.21 billion pushes precious-metals inflows to a six-month high
The $4.21 billion net inflow into gold and other precious-metals funds was the largest weekly reading in six months. The LSEG Lipper dataset cited by Reuters covered 28,976 funds. The available data does not include a prior-week figure for the category, beyond identifying the current reading as a six-month high.
Global equity funds end a 13-week inflow streak
Global equity funds saw $5.87 billion in net outflows in the week ended August 26, 2026, the first weekly withdrawal from the category since May 20. U.S. equity funds accounted for $22.33 billion of net sales during the week, a national figure that sits within a different category framework than the global-equity and precious-metals aggregates, limiting direct comparison between the totals. The concurrent precious-metals inflow and global equity outflow mark a break from the preceding 13 weeks of equity-fund inflows, though the totals and category labels don't identify individual investor reallocations.
Technology inflows contrast with metals, mining and energy flows
Sector allocations were not uniformly defensive: technology funds received $3.2 billion in net inflows during the week, compared with $489 million drawn by metals and mining funds. That metals and mining figure is a separate sectoral category and should not be conflated with the broader $4.21 billion precious-metals total. Energy funds, meanwhile, recorded $313 million in net outflows, their second consecutive weekly withdrawal. The contrast across technology, metals and mining, and energy shows that flows across equity and commodity-linked categories didn't move in one direction during the week.
Source: Reuters via Investing.com
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